The Nigerian Army said troops recovered three AK-47 rifles, two fabricated rifles, two single-barrel guns, and two Dane guns, among others, during the operation. The post read, “Troops of the Nigerian Army, in collaboration with other security agencies, acting on credible intelligence, have successfully captured 15 terrorist gunrunners and logistics suppliers and neutralised one in an encounter. “On 30 August …

As the people of Sokoto State, especially those in Sabon Birni Local Government Area, continue to battle insecurity, a group of professionals within the local government, Gobir Development Association, has revealed that the people of the community paid over N160 billion in levies and ransom payments to bandits in the area. According to a press statement by the chairman of …

Bandits have again kidnapped the district head of Garu Kurama community in Lere local government area of Kaduna State, Yakubu Jadi, his daughter, a Catechist of the Catholic Church, and four other members of Gurzan Kurama village. Although the Police authorities in Kaduna State did not confirm the incident as at the time of this report, the Southern Kaduna Peoples …

Bandits killed two persons and kidnapped five travellers along the Ifon/Owo Expressway in Ose Local Government Area of Ondo State on Friday night. It was gathered that the kidnappers, numbering about 15, armed with AK-47 rifles, accosted the Sienna bus conveying the travellers at about 11 pm at Omi Alafa village in Ifon, Ose LGA and led the victims into …

Police personnel from the Federal Capital Territory, FCT Command, on Wednesday, foiled an attempt by bandits to kidnap residents of El-Rufai estate in Bwari Area Council of the FCT. Sources disclosed that during a shootout that ensued when the Police confronted the bandits, one resident of the estate was caught in the crossfire and was injured The kidnappers were said …

Bandits, in the early hours of Wednesday, invaded the Akwando community in the Kachia Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The bandits were said to have kidnapped an unspecified number of residents and burnt a house and two shops in the attacks that lasted for hours. A resident of the community, Jonathan Aminu, in a telephone interview with newsmen said …

Bandits in their large numbers, late Saturday night, stormed the Danhonu community in the Millennium City of Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State and abducted two journalists reporting for  Blueprint Newspapers in the state. The reporters – Alhaji AbdulGafar Alabelewe of The Nation, and AbdulRaheem Abdu (Blueprint) – were kidnapped alongside their wives and children. LEADERSHIP reports that Alhaji …

The kidnapped judge of the Kaduna State Customary Court, Janet Galadima, has regained her freedom, but the abductors are holding onto her three children after killing the eldest, identified as Victor, 14. The husband of the judge, Musa Gimba, a medical doctor, confirmed the release of his wife on Thursday but said the kidnappers are demanding N150 million to release …

Bandits have killed a lecturer with the Federal University Dutsinma (FUDMA), in Katsina State. Dr. Tiri David was killed in a fresh bandits attack in the early hours of yesterday. The lecturer was the Head of the Department of Agricultural Economics, Extension, and Rural Development at the university. An eyewitness said the incident occurred at about 1:30 am at the …

Katsina State Governor, Umaru Radda has commended the Nigerian military for killing a notorious bandit leader, Buhari Halidu, popularly known as Buharin Yadi, alongside his accomplices numbering over 30. In a statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Ibrahim Kaula, the state commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Nasir Mu’azu disclosed that the decisive action occurred in …